Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands – All Sarcophagi Locations Guide

While not technically “collectibles”, sarcophagi are the special items that the player can find during the campaign mode of Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands.

A sarcophagus looks like a blue-glowing statue portraying King Solomon. It emits a blue mist and a distinguishable sound nearby, in order to help the player find its location. Smashing a sarcophagus (with a charged attack) grants some experience points to the player.

있다 21 sarcophagi in total, and it’s possible to find all of them in a single playthrough (they’re not tracked in-game though, 내가 아는 한). Finding them unlocks the “Got Walkthrough?” achievement/trophy for the console versions of the game, while the PC version of the game (both Steam and Ubisoft) has no achievements at all.

요구사항

All the sarcophagi in the game can be found without specific requirements to fulfil. The player goes through each area, 하나씩, and the Prince will always have all the powers/abilities required for the next sarcophagus along the way. The player just has to find each sarcophagus, trying not to miss any of them (more details in the List of all levels and important info section of this guide).

List of all levels and important info

The campaign features a seamless progression through 26 areas of the Royal Palace, rather than separated levels (I’ll use the terms “영역” 그리고 “수준” without distinction, 그래도). The complete list is visible below (ordered by appearance), and areas including one (또는 그 이상) sarcophagus are bolded:

1. The Ramparts
2. The Fortress
3. The Palace Courtyard (부분 1)
4. The Treasure Vault
5. The Stables
6. The Works
7. The Palace Courtyard (부분 2)
8. The Fortress Gates
9. The Prison
10. The Sewer
11. The Baths
12. The Royal Chambers
13. 천문대
14. The Throne Room
15. The Terrace
16. The Rooftop Gardens
17. The Aquaducts
18. Solomon’s Tomb
19. The Ruins of Rekem
20. Rekem’s Throne Room
21. The Sacred Fountain
22. The Rekem Resevoir
23. Solomon’s Hall
24. The King’s Tower
25. The Palace
26. The Final Climb

Before proceeding, here is some useful info:

• The beginning of a new area is clearly stated by the appearance of the corresponding name on the screen. This makes tracking the campaign progression easier for the purpose of this guide.
• It’s not possible to go back to past areas. Moving from one area to the next one usually involves passing through timed doors or overcoming environmental obstacles, which makes past areas precluded. The result is as obvious as it is annoying: any missed sarcophagus can be recovered only with a new playthrough.
• The game saves the campaign progress in specific moments (an icon appears on the screen while saving). If the player finds/smashes a sarcophagus and then the Prince dies before a game save occurs, the player must find/destroy the sarcophagus again.
• In case of missing sarcophagi, it’s possible to start a new campaign and get the ones left during previous runs.

We’re ready to raid some tombs.

🥁

수준 – The Stables

1. The location of the very first sarcophagus is shown when entering a small room with a few petrified guards. Simply use a “wall-run + 도약” combo on the right wall (the one with the closed door) to reach the wooden beam above, then jump to the climbing rocks on the same wall and climb it to the top.

수준 – The Palace Courtyard

1. The first sarcophagus is located under a pressure switch that is required to go on in the game. You can’t really miss it.
2. Shortly after, the Prince reaches an outdoor walkway with rotating traps and spike traps on the floor. 이 시점에서, the sarcophagus should be already visible looking down the left side of the walkway. In order to reach the sarcophagus, go over the first walkway and the small room where some enemies spawn, then go over the first spike traps on the second walkway. At the safe point half-way, drop off the left edge to discover a ledge underneath: go down and proceed to the right in order to find the sarcophagus.

수준 – The Prison

1. 어느 시점에서, the Prince must activate a pressure switch on the floor, in order to raise a gate beyond some spikes traps and arrows traps shooting from the right wall. Right after the gate, perform a wall-run on the right wall to reach some climbing rocks above, then do it again to reach an upper ledge. The sarcophagus should now be visible on the right side of the screen: just proceed to the right, twirling on the poles.

수준 – The Sewer

1. In the first section of the area, the Prince must freeze a water sprout coming from the ceiling to proceed, followed by a wooden beam and other two water sprouts (to freeze as well). 하지만, there’s actually another wooden beam above the first one: while frozen, keep climbing the second water column (the one right after the wooden beam), go slightly up and then jump backwards to the upper wooden beam. An additional backwards jump will take you to the platform where the sarcophagus is located.
2. 나중에, there’s a junction with one path leading to the right and one path leading to the left, both accessible from a wooden beam. A blue mist comes from the left path: the sarcophagus is at its end, beyond a gap with water sprouts (to freeze) in between.

수준 – The Royal Chambers

1. 어느 시점에서, the Prince enters a room with a water sprout, two pressure switches on the walls to its left and right, and a closed door on the upper side of the wall in front. Freeze the water sprout and climb it, then jump towards the two pressure switches on the walls to activate them. The door on the front wall will open after both switches have been activated, allowing you access to the small room behind it. The sarcophagus is there.
2. 나중에, there’s a hall with two waterfalls (one left, one right) facing each other, and two water sprouts on the front wall. Each waterfall hides an upper and lower recess, and the sarcophagus is located in the upper recess of the right waterfall (it should be visible through the waterfall itself). Getting there requires just a bit of timing: while hanging on the upper water sprout using the “freezing” 힘, jump towards the desired recess and unfreeze the waterfall before the Prince reaches the corresponding edge.
3. Prior to exiting the area, the Prince must cross a big water wheel (freezing the water, 그런데). Before proceeding, a ledge is visible on the right wall, with some climbing rocks above. In order to find the sarcophagus, proceed along this side path with (sequentially) a wall-run, some climbing, a backwards jump towards a pole and another jump towards the ledge on the opposite wall.

수준 – The Throne Room

1. Right after entering the room, some climbing rocks are visible on the left wall nearby (they’re to the right of the closed door, on the same wall). Use them to climb the wall, then freeze the following water sprouts to reach a balcony with the sarcophagus.

수준 – The Terrace

1. 어느 시점에서, the Prince takes advantage of a series of banners and poles to reach a lower location, and the sarcophagus reveals itself during the descent. It can be reached easily from the lower location, after the descent, thanks to two ledges on the right wall.

수준 – The Rooftop Gardens

1. The first sarcophagus is (not really) hidden behind a palm tree along the way, 너는 그것을 놓칠 수 없다.
2. 나중에, the Prince fights many enemies on an octagonal platform with columns. Before leaving the platform, take a look around to spot a ledge with a waterfall on top of it (it should be to the left of the roof with the enemy who keeps shooting at you). Jump to the ledge, go up and climb the wall behind the waterfall in order to find the sarcophagus.

수준 – The Aqueducts

1. Some enemies must be defeated on a semi-circle platform outdoors, with some vultures spawning after the fight. Rather than proceeding toward the vultures, go to the left side of the platform and look down the edge to discover a series of water sprouts and a lower walkway. Freeze the water sprouts and go down, the sarcophagus is located behind a waterfall.

수준 – The Ruins of Rekem

1. The acrobatic path in the hall with the four big statues of the Jinns ends with a junction, corresponding to a wooden beam and two paths (왼쪽과 오른쪽) to materialize. The left path is a dead end, with swinging traps and the sarcophagus waiting for you.
2. The right path (from the previous junction) ends with a banner leading to a lower location. To find the sarcophagus, proceed to the left and look at the waterfall nearby: your reward is visible behind it, just get there and smash the sarcophagus.

수준 – Rekem’s Throne Room

1. The sarcophagus is located on a floor on the right side of the room, the location is shown during a cutscene and it’s actually easy to reach. At one point along the acrobatic path through the room, the Prince gets to the materialized floor right above the location where the sarcophagus is. Going to the lower floor is as easy as de-materializing the upper floor, in order to let the Prince fall down to the location below.

수준 – The Rekem Reservoir

1. In the hall where the Prince fights a titan and other enemies, there are two waterfalls. The left waterfall hides a recess with an opening at the bottom of the front wall: jump through the waterfall and roll through the opening to find a secret room containing the sarcophagus.
2. This well-hidden sarcophagus is located in the same hall. Opposite the two waterfalls previously mentioned, there’s a platform with a lion-shaped fountain: jump toward the vultures to go there, then look at the left edge of the platform to discover some climbing rocks. Take them to go down, then wall-run to the left ledge and keep going on, till reaching a recess with the sarcophagus.

수준 – Solomon’s Hall

1. The sarcophagus is visible behind a closed gate, in the room with the big statue of King Solomon. Don’t immediately go to the upper floor, instead activate the pressure switch nearby (오른쪽에) with a wall-run, then freeze the water sprouts and keep jumping to reach a ledge and a pressure switch. After activating it with a wall-run, jump backwards and run to the sarcophagus while the gate is open.

수준 – The King’s Tower

1. 어느 시점에서, a series of vultures and poles allows the Prince to proceed to the top, flying around a tower. The sarcophagus is located on a floor of the tower itself and should be visible during the ascent. When the Prince gets to the materialized platform (at the end of the flight), jump to the solid platform of the tower nearby to make another series of vultures spawn. Follow the new path, jumping from vulture to vulture, and you’ll reach the final sarcophagus. 축하해요, a tomb raider is born! 🤠

Conclusions

Thanks for reading this far, I really appreciate it!

Please consider giving the guide a “thumbs up” if it has been useful for you. Feel free to add a comment below in case of doubts or mistakes, feedbacks are welcome.

그게 다야, 여러분! 🐷